Monthly Archives: May 2006

Jon called me this morning and informed me that I have not posted any pictures of our trip to Six Flags last week. I am such a slacker! I hope he realizes that by posting pictures, though, Dirk will no longer be at the top of our blog. I hope he’s not mad! Anyway, we took the kids to Six Flags last week (in case you missed that part!) Here are a few of our cute pictures!

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We had a blast. The kids loved everything! Robbie and Emily even went on some of the grown up stuff. Amazing! Oh, and a special thanks to Uncle Brad for coming with us. It’s much easier to take care of 3 kids when there are 3 adults!

Wow! I made it! I’m the first in my family not to be swallowed by Robbie’s gigantic mouth! I mean anything and everything goes down it! But not me! I’m the first! Ha! I knew that if I clung on tight enough that there was no way Robbie would swallow me. I mean…it’s still kind of hard to talk about it…I mean it was only a year ago…but two of my brothers weren’t so lucky. Robbie wasn’t careful enough and he just swallowed them. They went down into that dark tunnel where I’ve heard there are acids that would dissolve us! Nobody’s ever returned to tell the tale. But, I hope that the cycle is done. I finally get to meet the Tooth Fairy tonight! I’ve heard so much about her! Robbie’s Mom and Dad talk about her so much and that she gives money to the kids who lose teeth! Amazing!

Alright…Jon here. Robbie’s newly lost tooth just kind of took over control of my body. I was holding it and I felt like I knew what it was feeling! Weird! Robbie has already lost two other teeth, but he swallowed them and we had to write notes to the Tooth Fairy. He was TOTALLY excited about being able to see his lost tooth. He was practically jumping around with pumped fists in the air. He’s a funny kid. He just kept saying “I knew I could do it this time. I didn’t swallow it! Woo hoo!” Here are some pictures of the momentous occasion.

So, we’re sitting at breakfast this morning. Once in a while, the kids actually remember a dream they’ve had. This morning Emily did. We always have to kind of prompt the kids to tell us what they dreamed about. This was our conversation this morning:

US: Was it a good dream or a bad dream?

EMILY: It was a good dream.

US: What was it about?

EMILY: It was about Jesus.

US: That is a good dream. Where was Jesus?

EMILY: He was at the temple.

US: What did you do?

EMILY: I came to Him.

US: What did He say?

EMILY: He said He loves me.

US: Did you give him a hug?

EMILY: Yes.

US. What did you do then?

EMILY: I rode on a boat

US: Well, that sounds fun. What happened then?

EMILY: That’s all.

We just thought it was super cute. And it kind of made us feel like we must be doing at least one thing right. Emily had a dream about Jesus. That’s pretty cool. Anyway, that’s all! Love you all!

So, we’re slackers. I didn’t take one picture of Mary yesterday. I am a bad aunt. I am sure that CJ took roughly 10 million though, so I will let him and Randi have the joy of posting those when they get home from the hospital.

We did, however, go up to the hospital today. Uncle CJ even got special permission so that Emily and Adam could come and see Mary. Apparently the only children under 12 who are allowed in the room are siblings. But Emily and Adam got to see her. They were fascinated. Uncle CJ even let Emily hold Mary. Pretty cute!

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I think Emily and Mary are going to be great friends. Either that or Mary will live in mortal fear of her cousin who won’t leave her alone! Emily even brought one of her toys to show Mary (although she left it in the car!) and we had to stop and buy Mary her first baby doll from her cousin Emily. Awww! Anyway, we are so excited that Mary is here. We can’t wait until she comes to visit for the first time!